Vision RCL has submitted a new application to build a café kiosk on Christchurch Green

Redbridge Council has launched a Community Crime Commission to focus on local crime concerns

Redbridge Council has launched a consultation on proposals for 10km of new segregated cycle lanes in the local area

An induction meeting for those interested in helping is planned for 4 August

The Epping Forest and Commons Committee has approved a decision to allow cycling throughout Wanstead Park

The Temple – Wanstead Park’s visitor centre – will reopen next month for a series of drop-in activities and tours.

The Wren Wildlife Group, London Wildlife Trust and Wild Wanstead have compiled a list of 10 species at risk of local extinction. In the fifth of a series of articles looking at each species in turn, Susie Knox is in awe of the stag beetle

Moving to Wanstead four years ago was a creative turning point for Art Group Wanstead Member Leila Skye, who takes inspiration from local scenes I was born in Forest Gate 72 years ago. I come from a creative background and very much lived under the shadow of my father’s artistic family. My Uncle Maurice was an artist in Whitechapel in the 1930s. His sketches appeared in the Evening Standard and his paintings are in the Cardiff Museum, highlighting the miners’ plight during the war years. His commercial work also appeared in the comics Eagle, Bunty and Judy in the 1950s and 1960s. My life as a young artist, from the age of nine, was disrupted many times due to my parents’ own restless lifestyle, until the age of 16. I had been to eight different schools by the age of 15, with undiagnosed dyslexia. At 17,...

The first session will take place at Christ Church on 20 July

Four young golfers have completed a golfing marathon at Wanstead Golf Club in aid of charity

The latest stamp duty holiday is over, meaning buyers need to be aware of the implications to their chain and mortgage offer, says Derek Inkpin from local solicitors Wiseman Lee

As well as managing The Cuckfield, Lizi Arnold is proud to be part of another Wanstead icon, The Corner House Project, which is now a registered charity thankful for all the community support it receives